VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Francis came under fire on Friday after accepting the de facto resignation of a British cardinal disgraced in a sex scandal without any follow-up on the allegations against him.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A small group of People’s National Party (PNP) faithfuls gathered outside the offices of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) on Half-Way-Tree Road in St Andrew to voice their discontent over the non-renewal of Executive Director Jennifer Edwards’ contract.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Women’s Movement on Friday chastised chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Board, Steve Ashley, citing that his statements in the media about the dismissal of executive director, Jennifer Edwards, are disturbing.

ST ANN, Jamaica — The bodies of six-year-old Jason Parkes and his 11-year-old sister Dana Lawrence were buried on Thursday, March 19 over one month after the siblings drowned at their home in Brown’s Town, St Ann.

Hopes to gain ground in discussions toward a procedural treaty on industrial design applications were not met this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Meanwhile, proposals on the protection of geographical indications on the internet and on a potential international GI filing system were put on hold until the next session of the committee.

A man, who allegedly invited a woman to his home for sex and then murdered her and hid her body underneath his bed, was on Wednesday offered $300,000 bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

JAMAICA Observer online readers have reacted with disgust at the plight of 81-year-old Rosalvo Patterson, who has been living in a dilapidated fowl coop in Jericho, St Catherine, for the past five years. The man, who has health issues, is in desperate need of help. Readers are upset at how the State treats its seniors. Here are some edited comments: